Ron: I think your Road should go for more than a similar condition Rambouillet. The tubeset is silver brazed Reynolds 753 (heat Treated Manganese Moly) with Reynolds 531 (like 753 but not heat treated) fork tubes, all secured with the Richard Sachs designed lugs. The Ram used nice Japanese Tohouku-Miyata Chrome moly 4130 heat treated for the DT and CS, but not elsewhere. It's a different tube set. 753 is harder to work with, and reynolds only shipped to approved frame makers. Look at the dropouts to confirm if they are Shimano or not. In either case, the Ram dropouts are plainer than the Road. The Build quality of Ram and Road was always stated as equal (Toyo vs Waterford) according to RBW, and I accept their opinion, so no difference there. Waterford paint is better than Uemura/Panasonic who did the Rams. Finally, rarity. Over 1250 Rams were made, and far fewer Roads/Road Standards.
As you note, you have to spend $2,300 for today's roadish version and it still isn't made from 753. Best wishes on your sale. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
